Category: Chronic diseases
Suffering from hypertension? Here’s why its affecting more South Africans
Hypertension is another name for high blood pressure. People suffering from hypertension are at increased risk of cardiovascular ...
Three reasons why COVID-19 can cause silent hypoxia
Scientists are still solving the many puzzling aspects of how coronavirus attacks the lungs and other parts of ...
COVID-19 causes an increase in rare Kawasaki syndrome like disease
COVID-19 infections have seen an increase in cases of Multisystem inflammatory syndrome similar to Kawasaki syndrome and increasing ...
The DASH diet could reduce your blood pressure in just two weeks
This healthy way of eating is a lifestyle change that can reduce the symptoms of osteoarthritis, diabetes and ...
Woman grows fingernails out of her hair follicles
Shanyana's hair follicles produce what looks and feels like hard fingernails!
Good news for type 2 diabetics
Type 2 diabetes has been under increased scrutiny as a lifestyle disease and while there has been increased ...
What you can offer diabetic guests
Eating a healthy and balanced diet can help you avoid type-2 diabetes. If you already have it or ...
What is Leukaemia and what can you do about it?
Leukaemia and blood disorders may be considered rare, the kind of things you see on medical dramas but ...
Watch this: Men can get get breast cancer too!
Breast cancer in men is often misunderstood, contributing to late detection and an increased likelihood of death...
What causes breast cancer? Sorting fact from fiction
what do women believe causes breast cancer? And what scientific support is there for these beliefs?
